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My daughter won one of these as a door prize during one of our club launches last year. We have yet to start building it. You doing a build thread?

I tried a spinning rocket last year using a 4 motor cluster. Mine had fins, and did not work as well as I had hoped, but I also ran the launch rod through the middle and that part worked very well. ...

Does anybody really know what time it is?

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My favorite low and slow is one of the initial ships in my Starbucks fleet, the Harbinger. It's been retired after numerous launches on D12-3, pretty slow flights, a slight rotation visible with the...

Sandwiched in between my Lil Nuke and Batray is my oldest daughter's scratch designed Flower Power rocket. She sketched it, I built it, she painted it sparkly hot pink and purple and loaded it with...

[QUOTE=Pem Tech;387846]...stuffed in my shorts...

Is that a rocket you have in your pocket or are you just happy to see old kits?

I only have 4 un-assembled kits right now (I finished the...

I am not 100% certain that it is the same brand, but when I was a kid living in Seymour, Indiana, the little league teams would sell popcorn like that, with the oil/butter on one side and popcorn on...

Saw that fly at our last club launch. Looks good and flies nicely.

Thanks...if only the first flight had as well.

I gave it the old college try today at our club's launch. Some of the things I was trying to do worked, but the overall flight was not what I...

Sorry you couldn't make it up to Muncie, the weather was just about perfect, unlike the flight of my Incline Plane rocket. I think you'll be fine tomorrow as the forecast is pretty darn close to the...

Pass along my wishes for a fast recovery as well, please.

I don't complain about my wife's Starbucks habit even though I'm pretty sure she out spends me with the rockets...because that way she can't complain about said rockets. Well she can, but I can stop...

And the other Marvin appearances.

I would put Mars Attacks up close and Plan 9 From Outer Space (though I don't know that they ever say where the aliens are from) if that says anything about my...

Weighing in at 9.6 oz without motors, it is done. First launch is planned for August 18 at our club (ROCI) launch. I think it will be on B6-4s.

First color, gloss sunshine yellow, on. After this is good and dry I'll mask off the fins and paint the body flat black. I got the spackle on the fins looking better before painting, but it is...

I'm still trying to decide. I've checked the maximum lift-off weights of the B4, B6, and C6 motors and I should be good with any of them, and I'm leaning to the B6 for the first flight. Though I'm...

My wife and I were just watching the Olympic Ceremonies on DVR because I heard Sir Paul was going to be singing. And just in case you missed it...I noticed something very cool that I can only assume...

Well, I squeezed in some sanding tonight and let's just say I won't be getting hired for any drywall work any time soon. I had some rough spots on the spackle I couldn't just sand out so I got them...

I also vote E15, or...not to be a bad influence, but one of my Starbucks fleet rockets, the Pequod, comes in at 8.1 oz without motor, and was designed for D12-3 motors. However, at one of my club's...

Thanks, and no I don't mind...even if it doesn't go well I don't mind if you try it. I could have saved a lot of weight with any of the fin construction ideas you folks have given, and that could...

First coat of spackle was put on and sanded down, then I added a second layer to better refine the shape and fill in some gaps. I just have to let that dry well and then sand it smooth. It's...

All fin segments are attached complete with fillets. I just need to paper and spackle them and it will be structurally complete (structurally sound may be another story).

I've made some progress. I tried to apply some bend/curve to the individual sections to make a solid/flat fin and while it worked well for the larger sections at the aft end, the shorter ones toward...

How about some slow smoked beef brisket piled high on an open bun with chopped onions and covered in spicy bbq sauce. With maybe pickles or slae for those that insist on having veggies too.

It's a bit of a conundrum. As a single piece fin tapering toward the nose, the grain is parallel to the leading edge. Individual cut sections are not. It's one of the learning things to carry over...

I’ve made some progress, though I’ve had some disappointments in the process. I mentioned that I had an idea for making the fins go on easier with some drafting tools. The thought was to use one of...

Actually, your spinning cone was one of the threads I looked through while I was pondering this. I fully expect to run into all kinds of problems like you’ve mentioned. That’s part of why I’m...

FWIW I have had 100% success with them.

After cutting out some balsa pieces for the fins the way I originally planned, it became clear that it was not going to look the way I wanted without a lot of extra sanding and shaping after being...

Phase 2 Continued

After doing some research to find an optimal angle for the combination of good spin and resistance (I researched the wind farm stuff) I decided on a 15 degree angle for the fins....